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From: Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> Subject: Re: Low Quality People: The Proof Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy References: <1819078b4e833630$34272$1948878$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <vlos3t$3e1r9$3@dont-email.me> <pan$c6010$2d92c749$cebe15fd$954e124e@linux.rocks> <vlr27l$3vgr7$6@dont-email.me> <lude2sFc9tjU1@mid.individual.net> <pan$58228$6a7829bc$e62ef10e$45d98ae@linux.rocks> <vlsh7n$9fev$4@dont-email.me> <pan$6669c$da78bf0a$dfb35d5$ef3c3f91@linux.rocks> <vluguq$252gp$4@solani.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <pan$272cc$cbf2e3a3$e9eccdf5$3c29e17b@linux.rocks> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 34 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr3.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.usenetexpress.com!not-for-mail Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 20:13:51 +0000 Nntp-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 20:13:51 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 1999 Organization: UsenetExpress - www.usenetexpress.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetexpress.com Bytes: 2318 On Sat, 11 Jan 2025 13:31:38 -0600, Physfitfreak wrote: > > For one, electronic books chain you to a desktop and from there to your > electric receptacles on the wall, your house, the electric company, and > whether you have paid your electric bill or not. > So what? The desktop is where everything happens in the modern world. There is no way to escape the desktop. > > The only electronic choice you have is really with the desktop, and it > may not look like it but it is as big as the whole power grid in your > region. > If the power grid were to ever fail, permanently, then that would indicate that civilization itself was failing. It wouldn't just be the power grid, but also the natural gas lines, the food supply, the medical supply, etc., etc. One would be fucked from all directions. There would be no time for books. All effort would be directed toward keeping your jealous neighbors from ransacking you property. But civilization will not fail. I have faith that the power will always be available and I will be comfortable with my e-books at my desktop. -- Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.